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Current IE8 build renders the ACID2 Test correctly!
f0dder:
I think I'll stick with FireFox though, IE7 is so much slower than IE6 that it no longer has that advantage over FF.
-f0dder (December 20, 2007, 09:46 AM)
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Did IE had any advantage over Firefox ever? (Well, maybe before 0.7 or 0.8 versions)
-Lashiec (December 20, 2007, 10:51 AM)
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Yes, speed. IE6 is much snappier than FireFox. It quite lost that advantage with IE7, while still being quite some way from the advantages of FF.
Ralf Maximus:
Yes, speed. IE6 is much snappier than FireFox.
-f0dder (December 20, 2007, 05:35 PM)
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Really? I've had the opposite impression. One thing FF does that IE6 does not is render the page as it downloads, showing objects as they arrive. You can work with a page before its finished rendering, even clicking away if a link appeals.
IE6 on the other hand seems to wait until the last moment, then renders the page all at once. It's instantaneous, but in many cases after a longer wait. Especially if the page as numerous links to PayPal, Amazon, or Google metrics.
f0dder:
Ralf Maximus: (executable from disk) load/init speed, not render speed...
Ralf Maximus:
Ralf Maximus: (executable from disk) load/init speed, not render speed...
-f0dder (December 21, 2007, 02:57 AM)
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Ah. Thanks for the clarification.
Tekzel:
Ralf Maximus: (executable from disk) load/init speed, not render speed...
-f0dder (December 21, 2007, 02:57 AM)
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Ah, well thats a small distinction, since you load a lot of IE while loading windows and it sits in memory when not in use. I think I would rather that not be the case and pay a few extra seconds loading the browser when I use it, so to me the Firefox implementation is the advantage, not the IE6 one.
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